Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this internal argument reached its height , his superiors argued about him without his knowledge . |
| 2 | He used to tell us with a sparkle of pride of enormous weights lifted by him in his youth , and of fights where he felled a man like a bullock . |
| 3 | Many of Pétain 's peasant characteristics remained with him throughout his life . |
| 4 | Rice is a perfectionist when it comes to his art , which he practised as a child in Mississippi by catching bricks thrown at him by his brothers , sometimes four at a time . |
| 5 | Two voices spoke to him in his head . |
| 6 | And his tzedaka — the performance of charitable deeds enjoined on him by his religion — won him the gratitude and loyalty of many of the young men and their dependants , for it was as his travellers that they made their weekly Monday-morning trek to the country , secure in the knowledge that , no matter how erratic the week 's takings might be , their basic wage was guaranteed by Max Klein . |
| 7 | He learned English in order to deliver the lectures expected of him in his new post . |
| 8 | The court must take into consideration the nature of the testator 's property , the pecuniary position of the dependant , his or her conduct to the testator , and any other relevant circumstance , and the testator 's reasons for the dispositions made by him in his will . |
| 9 | Without another word he turned and strode towards the escalator , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him with his heavy case . |
| 10 | He simply could not fathom ‘ the ethical questions raised by me as his bishop ’ . |
| 11 | The opposition Awami League opposed the motion , which followed attempts in early July to restore parliamentary rule and to ratify the appointment of acting President , Shehabuddin Ahmed , and all actions taken by him during his tenure . |
| 12 | She liked his quiet manner , his bookish looks , his thin hands emerging from the voluminous sleeves of jerseys knitted for him by his mother who plainly , in her mind 's eye , saw him as a strapping youth of six foot two . |
| 13 | In the dark mourning robes left to him by his grandfather , he was as exotic as Valentino , as dangerous as a black prince of the desert . |
| 14 | The tributes paid to him on his retirement were warm and heartfelt . |
| 15 | He said he would continue to express the views put to him by his constituents ‘ without apology to anyone ’ . |
| 16 | There is also reference to reprimands and complaints addressed by him to his subordinates ; on one occasion we are told that the generals on an unsuccessful campaign justified their failure by explaining that although his piety was noted , he was not feared and this meant that his agents commanded no respect . |
| 17 | His great-nephew described how when at home on Sundays the Bishop would have twelve poor men and women to dine with him in his hall , ‘ always endeavouring while he fed their bodies to comfort their spirits by some cheerful discourse , generally mixt with some useful instruction . |